IRSG releases 11 new secretariat papers, 3 country reports

London -- The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has announced the release of 11 new Secretariat Conference Papers (SCPs), which are presentations delivered by IRSG staff at conferences and seminars.

In addition, the IRSG has published three more country-reports on Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. The IRSG secretariat hopes to publish similar reports on India, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam; Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore, Pakistan in the near future. These reports cover different aspects of the rubber-related activities in the respective countries:

• The economy
• The vehicle sector
• The tyre sectore
• The general rubber goods sector
• Rubber consumption by end-use and type
• Natural rubber production
• Synthetic rubber production
• International trade in rubber

The organisation has released 19 SCP papers this year, listed below. Papers are available for free to members and associates, but non-members must pay £100 per paper.

• 2005A Economic development and the future for NR, Seminar VKRT, 10 February, Waardenburg, the Netherlands
• 2005B The future for NR in the world rubber industry, Indian Rubber Expo 2005, 23-26 February, Mumbai, India
• 2005C Economic development and the future for NR, In-Company Seminar, LanXess, 18 March, Fribourg, Switzerland
• 2005D Economic development and the future for NR and SR, Ministry of Agriculture, 1 April, Jakarta, Indonesia
• 2005E The future for NR demand, supply and prices, IRRDB Workshop on Smallholders, 4 April, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 2005F Rubber trends and outlook for elastomer, High Performance & Specialty Elastomers, 20-21 April, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2005G World synthetic rubber: recent developments and perspectives, Statistical Committee, IISRP Annual Meeting, May, San Diego, USA
• 2005H Future shortages of NR: how serious, what to do? Vredestein, 6 June, Enschede, the Netherlands
• 2005I An overview of rubber lattices, International Rubber Conference, 7-9 June, Maastricht, the Netherlands
• 2005J Quantity and values of natural and synthetic rubber, what can we expect? International Rubber Conference 2005, 7-9 June, Maastricht, the Netherlands
• 2005K An overview of rubber lattices, International Latex Conference 2005, 26-27 July, Charlotte, USA
• 2005L The rubber industry and risk management, ASEAN Rubber Conference 2005, 25-26 August, Bangkok, Thailand
• 2005M Recent trends and the outlook for elastomers, 2nd Brazilian Seminar on TR and TPE, 20-22 September, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• 2005N Quantities and prices of natural and synthetic rubber: what can we expect, what can we do? Rubber Seminar, 21 September, Piracicaba, Brazil
• 2005O The world outlook for rubber and the need for supply chain partnership, Tyre Symposium, 28-30 October, Agra, India
• 2005P The outlook for rubber and the need for partnership for policy formulation, International Natural Rubber Conference, 7-8 November, Kochi, India
• 2005Q Positive outlook for natural rubber, Rubber Planters' Conference, 15-17 November, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 2005R Outlook for natural rubber: demand, supply and prices, ICRAF, 16-17 November, Bogor, Indonesia
• 2005S Future demand for natural rubber: who will supply? International Rubber Conference, 22-24 November, Davao City, Philippines

These publications are now available for free download for Member Governments and Panel of Associates Members. Non-members should contact the secretariat for ordering information.

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